THE EIGHT MITSVOT OF PESAH
Pesah is less than a month away. The first night will be celebrated B'H Friday April 3rd, 2015. Pesah's laws and customs are so...
TEHILIM # 10: Morality without God?
In this Psalms David HaMelekh touches upon a very important and relevant question, even (or specially) for today's society. Can you be a moral...
Rabbi David ben Zimra (1479-1573) and the Ethiopian Jews
Rabbi David ben Zimra, known as the Radbaz (רדב"ז aka Ridbaz) was born in Spain in 1479. At the age of 13, when the...
EMUNA: The name King (Melekh)
Last week we explained that God is the King/Sovereign of the world. For the people of Israel particularly this name or attribute with which...
Rabbi Shelomo Serilio (ca. 1485-1555) and the Talmud of Jerusalem
Rabbi Shelomo Serilio (שיריליאו או סיריליאו) was born in Spain, before the expulsion of 1492. From Spain, rabbi Serilio came to Constantinopla (today Istanbul),...
MAIMONIDES and the journey into the King’s Palace
In More Nebukhim, 'Maimonides Guide for the perplexed' in the third section of the book, chapter 51, Maimonides talks about the way of 'knowing'...
EMUNA, the name Abinu, our father (Part 3)
Previously, we explained that one of the names by which we refer to HaShem is ABINU, our father. We said that this particular way...
Visiting the Kotel
Immediately after the Temple was destroyed the rabbis established a number of traditions that should be kept year round to remember that our Temple...
TEHILIM # 9: Divine vs Human justice
ישבת לכסא שופט צדק
מזמור ט׳ , פסוק ה׳
El Rey David comienza este Salmo agradeciendo a HaShem por Su justicia (9:2-5) "ki 'asita mishpati vedini",...
TEHILIM # 8: Is Man Important for God?
(Pasuq 2) מה אדיר שמך בכל הארץ David haMelej comienza este Mizmor diciendo que el nombre de haShem, es majestuoso en toda la tierra....
